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Best AGP Card Out There?

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gromper

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I am currently running a XFX Geforce 6800 (128mb) AGP card.

I've been tossing around the idea of upgrading my video card, but do not want to buy a new mobo and cpu. As i understand it, AGP is all but dead... but there seem to be a few new models popping up here and there.

Is the Geforce 7800GS still the top of the line, in terms of AGP? I am not familiar with the ATI cards at all, so I don't know if there is something offered from them that might be worth the $$$$. The 7800GS runs $275 - $300 on newegg... would my money be better saved for a nwe mobo/cpu/pci-e setup or would the $300 be well spent?

Thanks for any help/advice/info you can provide.
 
The 7800gs is the fastest agp card. ATI only has the x1600xt which is much slower. Gainward has a more expensive model - 20/24 pipe 7800gs.

If you are upgrading an Athlon XP pc and want to spend as little as possible, the 7800gs is the way to go. But if you have a socket 939 cpu, get the $150 7600gt and $60 pci mb and its about as fast as the agp 7800gs but $60 cheaper.
 
For ~$250 you can buy a pci-e 7900gt or a x1800xt that would be much faster than a 7800gs on agp. Ati also has the agp x850xt cards from last generation - those are about as fast as a 7800gs, but are also relatively expensive. Basically the top of the line AGP card would perform about the same as a 7600gt, which is $150 pci-e card.
 
Originally posted by: gromper
Thanks for the replies, sounds like the 7800gs is still the winner.
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but wait...

By the time you buy a GS.... you could have seen that it is more expencive and could have gone the whole hog with a better CPU..
if you still aint interested then the GS is the fastest card available.
 
meh...I got my x850xt agp for 349.99 last year. I remeber once it was selling @ 249.99 from newegg.com not long ago.

And it's still kickin' arse w/ the game coming out today 🙂 @ 1280x1024
 
Originally posted by: Powermoloch
meh...I got my x850xt agp for 349.99 last year. I remeber once it was selling @ 249.99 from newegg.com not long ago.

And it's still kickin' arse w/ the game coming out today 🙂 @ 1280x1024
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my AGP x850xt was the MicroCenter January Special for $200 . . . plays Oblivion fine at 11x8

probably the 7800GS is a bit faster . . .
 
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